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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Children of James and Margaret (Semple) Muir

2.12.1. Janet Semple (1871-1942)

Janet Semple was likely not a daughter of James Muir, but she was raised in his household until her marriage in 1894. My grandmother called her Aunt Jessie; therefore, she has been included in this family history.

The lives of Janet Semple and her husband, Alexander Hutchison, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.2. Robert Muir (1873-1874)

Robert Muir was born on 4 October 1873, three months after his parents married. He was born at Swinhill, home of his maternal grandparents, Peter and Janet (Torrance) Semple. Swinhill is in Dalserf, Scotland. His mother registered his birth by marking her mark. Little Robert died on 25 January 1874 at Swinhill of hydrocephalus and convulsions, which is an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. His father registered his death. Robert Muir was three months old when he died.

2.12.3. Robert Muir (1875-1956)

The lives of Robert Muir and his wives, Ida Mae Riggin and Elizabeth Fausz, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.4. Peter Semple Muir (1877-1877)

Peter Semple Muir was born on 14 February 1877 at Swinhill in Dalserf, Scotland. He was James and Margaret (Semple) Muir's third child. He was named for his maternal grandfather. Peter died at the age of 5 weeks in his grandparents' home of coryza, from which he had suffered for one month, and bronchitis with which he was afflicted two days before his death. Coryza is an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose.

2.12.5. Peter Semple Muir (1878-1878)

Peter Semple Muir was born on 5 July 1878 at Swinhill in Dalserf, Scotland. He was James and Margaret (Semple) Muir's fourth child and the second son they named for Margaret's father, Peter Semple. He died on 8 September 1878 at the age of two months in Coalburn, which was a small railway and coal mining village in Lesmahagow parish. Peter died of enteritis, a disease most commonly contracted by eating or drinking things contaminated by bacteria.

2.12.6. Peter Muir (1879-1879)

Peter Muir was born on 12 July 1879 in Coalburn in Lesmahagow parish. He was James and Margaret (Semple) Muir's fifth child and the third son they named for Margaret's father, Peter Semple. He died 10 days after his birth on 23 July 1879 of marasma, which is severe malnutrition. It may be caused by a extreme deficiency in one's diet of calories and protein or by diseases such as dysentery.

2.12.7. Henrietta Brown Muir (1882-1884)

Henrietta Brown Muir was born on 29 July 1882 at Birkenshaw in Dalserf. She was the sixth child of James and Margaret (Semple) Muir and was named after her paternal grandmother. She, her mother and living siblings moved to her maternal grandparents farm at Swinhill some time before her death, which was on 9 January 1884. She died of measles and bronchitis and was a year and five months old.

Birkenshaw housing in Dalserf

2.12.8. Margaret Muir (1884-1996)

The lives of Margaret Muir and her husband, Robert Caswell, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.9. Peter Semple Muir (1886-1947)

The lives of Peter Semple Muir and his wife, Mayme Zebio, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.10. Alexander Muir (1889-1957)

The lives of Alexander Muir and his wife, Bertha Isabelle Cloren, will be covered in future posts.

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The story of the James Wilson family of Topsham, Maine, who came to the United States in 1719 and over 20,000 of his descendants, living and dead, including Martha Brodie, great granddaughter of Robert Muir.